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Primate Anatomy is unlike ay other work on primates: it systematically reviews the biology of all living primates, including humans. It describes their bio-geographical information and provides crucial data pertaining to their body size, fur coloration external distinguishing features, habitat and basic life strategies.

Now in its third edition, Primate Anatomy discusses species that are new to science since the last edition with details concerning anatomical features among primates that were re-discovered. New research in molecular primatology is also included due to recent relevant findings in molecular biology in accordance with new technology. The basics of biological taxonomy are introduced, along with photographs of all major groups. Important new and controversal issues make this edition key for every primatologists, anthropologist, and anatomist.

9. Sense Organs and Viscera Nose and Olfaction Outer Nose and Rhinarium Nose Based Taxonomy Olfaction The Olfactory Epithelium The Genetic Connection of Olfaction The Vomeronasal Organ The Genetic Connection of Pheromone Perception The Septal Organ of Masera Olfactory Messages Oral Cavity, Tongue and TasteThe Palate The Tongue The Sublingua Taste The Neural Connection The Genetic Connection Auditory Region, Hearing and Vocalization Outer Ear Inner Ear Hearing Vocalization and Larynx Eye and EyesightThe Substructures of the Eyeball The Substructures of the Retina Macula Lutea and Fovea Centralis The Tapetum Lucidum The Genetic Connection: Opsins and GenesThe Neural Connection Eyelids Recent Research and Review of Visual AdaptationsDiarhythms and Biochronology Nutrition and Intestinal Tract Review of the Primate Diet Eating Soils and other unexpected Fare Morphology of the Intestinal Tract The Stomach The Small Intestine The Large Intestine Liver and Spleen Touch The Sensitive Skin The Genetic Connection

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About the Author

Friderun Ankel-Simons

Dr. Ankel-Simons did her graduate studies in marine biology, marine ecology, and marine geology at the University of Copenhagen, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Elsinore, Denmark, and the University of Giessen, Germany. She was a member of the first research team to keep the folivore primate Alouatta palliata alive in captivity for a long term of several years at the Max Planck Institut for Brain Research, Giessen, Germany. Since 1996, she has been a Research Associate in the Division of Paleontology at the Duke University Primate Center. She has published three books and numerous journal papers.

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Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.

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